Quote of the Week, June 18, 2009

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
John Ruskin, poet, author, artist

Quote of the Week, May 26, 3009

"A vision is a clearly-articulated results-oriented picture of a future you intend to create.
It is a dream with direction."

--Jesse Stoner Zemel (Co-Author, Full Steam Ahead)

Quote of the Week, May 5, 2009

"Courage is not limited to the battlefield. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody’s looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty or standing alone when you're misunderstood."
-- Charles Swindoll , author, educator, pastor

Quote of the Week, March 18, 2009

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

-- William Faulkner

Quote of the Week, November 3, 2008

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.
--Leo Burnett, Advertising Executive (1891-1971)

Quote of the Week, October 14, 2008

Multitasking Is Out, Single Tasking Is In
Multitasking is yesterday's news. Single tasking is the wave of the future. Instead of doing a lot of things at the same time poorly, focus all of your attention on one task at a time. This skill increases the quality of your work, maximizes your efficiency, and will increase your job completion ratio.

-- Claire Keeling, Sort It Out (Improving the Way Employees Work)

Quote of the Week, September 24, 2008

Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses and some don't turn up at all.
-- Sam Ewing, writer

Quote of the Week, September 16, 2008

I have never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.

-- Paul Harvey, Radio Commentator

Quote of the Week, September 8, 2008

Compassion, kindness, and concern can be found everywhere in America. And if we have learned nothing else from this [Sept.11th] tragedy, we have learned that our time on earth is short, so there is simply no time for hate.

~ Sandra Dahl, wife of Jason Dahl, pilot of Flight 93

Quote of the Week, September 2, 2008

Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch.

-- Ivern Ball, Poet

Quote of the Week, August 26, 2008

No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves.

-- Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States